late night news:
The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for
USAID and State Department foreign assistance.
It’s happening. They are solidifying the coup we are running out of time to stop them.
The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for
USAID and State Department foreign assistance.
It’s happening. They are solidifying the coup we are running out of time to stop them.
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Bc If the president refused to comply with one Court order & was allowed to get away with it... Then he will feel free to refuse to comply with any Court he doesn't like in the future.
Anti authoritarian movements typically do not go from 0 to 100 overnight.
“Step 3: Ignore the Courts: They treat the judiciary as irrelevant—refusing to obey rulings that block their agenda.”
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-courts-can-do-if-trump-administration-defies-court-orders
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ensuring-accountability-for-all-agencies/
Sec. 7. Rules of Conduct Guiding Federal Employees’ Interpretation of the Law.
The President and the Attorney General, subject to the President’s supervision and control, shall provide authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch.
There will need to be a Reckoning.
ae institute dot org (no spaces)
It’s still really bad, but this might be *legally* permissible, even if slimy af.
Example:
I’m not saying that the sky isn’t falling. I’m saying that declaring it before the process plays through, based on a midnight court filing, which at best is complex and rife with inconsistency, might not be the exact hill to die on.
Especially when there is… ::points everywhere::
That needs to be resolved before you can claim that the administration is willfully defying a court order.
That’s it. Full stop.
and when the rule of law goes
"judge, Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court, wrote that a coalition of 14 state attorneys general could not provide specific examples of how .. Musk’s team’s efforts would cause imminent or irreparable harm to the states or their residents."
https://www.gofundme.com/f/56mx4-help-me-to-reunion-with-my-family